How long is each South Beach Diet step?

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  Linda S

  July 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm

  I went to the web for you
  You won’t go hungry. In fact, like the Body-For-Life diet, the South Beach diet promotes strategic snacking. You’re not doing it right if you don’t snack.
  There’s no counting calories or strict portion sizes. But there’s no gorging, either. The idea is to eat normal portions. To many of us, normal portions will seem small at first. They are enough to satisfy hunger, but no more.
  As noted above, sugar-rich carbs are off the menu. These include rice and potatoes, and vegetables — such as beets and corn — with high sugar content. Also, there are no pastries or other sugar-filled desserts. And alcohol is forbidden in the induction phase and limited in the long-term diet.
  What’s on the menu? There are three phases.
  The 14-day induction phase bans bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, and fruit. And you can’t have even a drop of beer, wine, or other alcohol. The diet promises that after a couple of days, you really won’t miss this stuff. As for dairy, two servings of low-fat or non-fat milk, yogurt, or buttermilk are now allowed during this phase.
  The “reintroduce the carbs” stage gradually adds back in some of the banned foods. Not all of them, but if you are a pasta maniac, have some. Carrots used to be on the “foods to avoid” list in the first two phases, but you can now have them at the beginning of phase two. Tomatoes and onions, previously limited, are now fine in any phase. Fruit makes a comeback, too. Just pick and choose. A little now and then, no more. How long does this last? Until you hit your target weight.
  The final stage is your diet for life. Eat normal foods in normal portions, following a few basic guidelines.
  How It Works
  The diet is based on the observation that Americans are carb crazy. That’s the reason for the induction phase. Those first two weeks are meant to help people quit craving carbs. And it’s why carbs are minimized throughout the diet.
  Highly processed carbs, according to the South Beach theory, get digested too quickly. That makes insulin levels (a hormone the body makes to process sugars) spike. And once those fast-burning carbs are used up, your high insulin level makes you crave more food. So what do you tend to eat? More carbs, of course.
  By breaking this cycle, the South Beach diet promises to make you want to eat less food, but better food.

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  cupidschokehold18

  July 25, 2010 at 1:04 pm

  if i knew i would tell you but im not really sure that SBD is a good choice to make because most people gain more on that then they lose and it is not health for you. i heard about someone on the news who died from that deit i suggest you eat more health stuff like fruits and dont eat things high in sugar.sugar is not all that bad you can still eat sugar just don’t eat as much and just get like none bleached sugar or pure sugar cane and things like dark chocolate are good for you too. try to intake more protein then carbs. aslo get cage free or none druged meat inseade of what your already getting…look around on your lables though you might be shocked that some of your meat may be cage free or none druged already. aslo drink green tea insead of normal ice tea and drink water not to little not to much like 4-6 cups a day and if your big on soda and don’t think you can give that up then try natural soda it might cost more and taste kinda flat but it’s good i think. also drink milk!